You're on track to get doubled donations (and unlock a reward for the colleague who referred you). Keep up the great work!
Take credit for your charitable giving! Check out your tax receipts
Donate
To use your $50 gift card credits, find a project to fund and we'll automatically apply your credits at checkout. Find a classroom project
Skip to main content

Help teachers & students in your hometown this season!
Use code HOME at checkout and your donation will be matched up to $100.

Ms. Archer's Classroom

  • Metcalfe Community Academy
  • Chicago, IL
  • Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

Support her classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Archer a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

cancel

Support Ms. Archer's classroom with a gift that fosters learning.

  • Monthly
  • One-time

We'll charge your card today and send Ms. Archer a DonorsChoose gift card she can use on her classroom projects. Starting next month, we'll charge your card and send her a DonorsChoose gift card on the 17th of every month.

Edit or cancel anytime.

Make a donation Ms. Archer can use on her next classroom project.

Your custom url is https://www.donorschoose.org/pdarcher

View your stats
Track donations »
show projects from all time

Past projects 2

  • Mastering Simple Machines

    Funded Mar 7, 2019

    My students and I are very appreciative of your support and participation in the program. We my students and I want you to know that without your donations and support we would miss the opportunity to listen, learn, and laugh at our successes and mistakes. We have built many of the machines unimaginable to us before receiving all the Lego's. Thanks so much for enhancing our curriculum with meaningful and interesting activities. The students know now that their creativity is and will be useful now and in the future. The students often wish they could take their creations home but I explain to them that the materials belong to the school. Thanks again. Please continue to support the program. Maybe one day we can help give to programs like this too.”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Archer

  • Intermediate LEGO Club - Where Master Builders Begin:

    Funded Feb 5, 2019

    Thank you for helping to enhance the educational experience for my students. You have assisted me in giving them an opportunity to explore mentally and physically new horizons. They have used their imagination to build and learn amazing concepts using and reading about Lego's. As you can see they are very grateful, appreciative, and happy.

    They are not always as calm as we would like them to be and their challenging behaviors are still apparent. However, they are improving daily. They are sharing their abilities and knowledge. This has been a valuable experience and I hope to continue in this venue.

    We endeavored to find interesting, innovative and technological sound activities to enhance our students' academic experiences, so far, so good.

    Thanks again;

    Priscilla D. Archer”

    With gratitude,

    Ms. Archer

    This classroom project was brought to life by The Oppenheimer Family Foundation and 7 other donors.
When my project is completely funded and when the materials arrive our Intermediate LEGO Club will be able to supply future engineers, teachers, construction workers, and builders with a basic knowledge of physics. While interacting with LEGO's, I often ask the students what kind of careers they will have when they grown up. The above paragraph is an example of my students aspirations. I usually get better answers during "Calm Down Time" then during Reading or Social Science (LOL). Right now we only have one maybe two sets of LEGO's pieces. Often the students have to transition to other classes before they have finished their LEGO creations. I sometimes have allowed them to save a special piece for a day or so, but there are others that would like to use the materials. We share but it is difficult because of their ages and abilities. I just would really like to have enough LEGO kits to allow a student to take the project home for a day instead of a picture. Taking pictures with my phone has ended many confrontations. I have attached the materials I thought would give us a start. However, I know there are people out there that have finished LEGO sets and are willing to part with them. One brave student said "I wish I had legos at home." My photo is just one of the creations a student built with my grandchildren old pieces. The picture is of an airplane transporter!

About my class

When my project is completely funded and when the materials arrive our Intermediate LEGO Club will be able to supply future engineers, teachers, construction workers, and builders with a basic knowledge of physics. While interacting with LEGO's, I often ask the students what kind of careers they will have when they grown up. The above paragraph is an example of my students aspirations. I usually get better answers during "Calm Down Time" then during Reading or Social Science (LOL). Right now we only have one maybe two sets of LEGO's pieces. Often the students have to transition to other classes before they have finished their LEGO creations. I sometimes have allowed them to save a special piece for a day or so, but there are others that would like to use the materials. We share but it is difficult because of their ages and abilities. I just would really like to have enough LEGO kits to allow a student to take the project home for a day instead of a picture. Taking pictures with my phone has ended many confrontations. I have attached the materials I thought would give us a start. However, I know there are people out there that have finished LEGO sets and are willing to part with them. One brave student said "I wish I had legos at home." My photo is just one of the creations a student built with my grandchildren old pieces. The picture is of an airplane transporter!

About my class

{"followTeacherId":6237495,"teacherId":6237495,"teacherName":"Ms. Archer","teacherProfilePhotoURL":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/272x272/tp6237495_272x272.jpg?width=136&height=136&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1548973966670","teacherHasProfilePhoto":true,"vanityURL":"pdarcher","teacherChallengeId":21349695,"followAbout":"Ms. Archer's projects","teacherVerify":277308913,"teacherNameEncoded":"Ms. Archer","vanityType":"teacher","teacherPageInfo":{"teacherHasClassroomPhoto":true,"teacherHasClassroomDescription":true,"teacherClassroomDescription":"","teacherProfileURL":"https://www.donorschoose.org/classroom/pdarcher","tafURL":"https://secure.donorschoose.org/donors/share_teacher_profile.html?teacher=6237495","stats":{"numActiveProjects":0,"numFundedProjects":2,"numSupporters":13},"classroomPhotoPendingScreening":false,"showEssentialsListCard":false}}